Finance Contract Job Trends in Newport

Financial
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Newport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 8 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 +17 +7
Contract jobs citing Finance 6 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 31.58% 16.90% 4.44%
As % of the General category 40.00% 23.53% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile £414 - £293
25th Percentile £425 - £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -38.46% +18.18%
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £464 £419 £506
% change year-on-year +10.75% -17.28% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £86.40 -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.08 £85.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -84.61% +157.58% -

All General Skills
Newport

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15 51 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 78.95% 71.83% 41.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 39
10th Percentile £171 £280 £295
25th Percentile £366 £389 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -33.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £479 - £650
90th Percentile £584 £553 £690
South Wales median daily rate £393 £390 £450
% change year-on-year +0.64% -13.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 5
10th Percentile - £19.61 £30.75
25th Percentile - £20.12 £36.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £25.36 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.85% -49.28% +148.51%
75th Percentile - £50.94 £55.25
90th Percentile - £74.88 -
South Wales median hourly rate £14.61 £26.50 £23.92
% change year-on-year -44.87% +10.81% +18.86%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Newport

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Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Newport over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Newport

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Finance

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (33.33%) UX Design
2 2 (33.33%) Wireframes
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe